Spraynard are hitting the road starting tonight in support of their new LP for Runner Up Records, Cut & Paste. The band has dates booked in the northeast, midwest and southeast.

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Pennywise and Authority Zero will be headed to Canada together in September for a run together. Authority Zero is supporting their new album, Stories of Survival, released on Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge’s Viking Funeral imprint.

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Street Dogs have posted a new song. “Rattle and Roll” will appear on the band’s upcoming self-titled full-length, due out on August 31, 2010 via Hellcat Records. We first detailed the new album here.

Check out the song at the band’s MySpace page.
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Our stream today comes from Bakersfield, CA’s Black Sails, Western Shores. We’ve got a stream of the band’s new full length for Death to False Hope Records, Half Way Home.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org page.
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The upcoming Gamits reunion LP has been given a new title. Originally reported as The Halves and Half Knots, the new album will now be titled Parts and is expected out in October. Also different is that the LP will now be a joint release between Suburban Home Records and Paper and Plastick. P+P owner Vinnie Fiorello had this to say about the band:

“.. Antidote came out and it caused a tidal wave in my music collection. It eclipsed every other cd in its way – I fell in love with the band all over again – it took all the hooks from their previous records and mixed it with tension and depression- all the things mixing in my head at the time. The Gamits always have been a gem among the music i own and when I had the chance to help out with the new record, how could I not jump at the chance to work with a band that has been my soundtrack…”

Once out, Parts will be the Gamits’ first new material since 2004’s Antidote. Check out the cover art here.
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Samiam have announced a run of (two) US and (many) European dates this fall in support of their upcoming rarities compilation, Orphan Works. The 18 song set will be made up of rare tracks from the You Are Freaking Me Out and Clumsy eras. An August release is expected through No Idea Records.

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A fan recently shot a video of The Gaslight Anthem and Tim Barry collaborating on a live version of “The War,” originally by Lucero. This clip was shot last Saturday at the Ogden Theatre in Denver, CO as part of the band and Barry’s ongoing tour together.

“The War” originally appeared on Lucero’s 2005 effort, Nobody’s Darlings.
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Rufio have launched a stream of their upcoming full length, Anybody Out There. The band is self-releasing the album here. It’s the first material from the band since their 2010 EP, The Loneliest. Before that, the band had not released new material since The Comfort Of Home in 2005 on Nitro Records.

Check out the album on their Purevolume Page.
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Brendan Kelly has posted an update on his solo album on his official blog:

Oh yeah, now’s as good a time as any to mention that I’ve got a record written and I’m just kind of figuring out what to do with it. It’s not TLA, it’s not the Falcon and it’s not really ‘punk’ so much as punk influenced rock, and as such, I’ve got no idea where to put it out or what to do with it. I’ve got the players, but not a ton else. So, here’s your chance, industry mavens who secretly read my blog: sign me up! I’m gonna be huge! Next Brokencyde huge! Beliedat!

Brendan also takes a moment to talk about the recent Brokencyde controversy. Check that out here. One choice bit:

Otherwise reasonable people have gone completely Fred Phelps on Brokencyde, saying things that are vastly, VASTLY inappropriate when talking about a bunch of choads that you don’t know who just make some crappy music that you can turn off or never even turn on. Look, I’m no prude and I’m no Brokencyde apologist or anything. I think they’re a big shitty sack full of smaller sacks of burning, rotten turds, but man, there’s nothing cool about calling an innocent person a child porn connoisseur and/or rapist. It’s so irresponsible and gross and fucked up and my friends, it’s the beginning of the end of free society.

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MySpace has posted a short interview with Fat Mike looking back at his 2006 “feud” with Christian metalcore outfit Underoath. He explained what happened then:

Im not going to make fun of a band if they’re not doing anything. But I met the guys [in Underoath] and I was kind of quizzing them in a friendly way. One of them mentioned that he didn’t believe in dinosaurs. The guitar player mentioned that he didn’t think gay people should be allowed to get married. So I look at it as, ‘I’m on tour with a band of bigots every day. I’m not going to just let people hear your bullshit. I went to the prayer group once and it was really just a bunch of confused kids. They had no idea what they were talking about. They were just trying to figure out life. We don’t have any problems [though]. I mean, they did the smart thing and they didn’t let me bait them. They just kind of took it in stride.

Check out the article here.
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Activision has announced another batch of licensed songs for the upcoming sixth Guitar Hero game. Titled Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, the new game is expected in the fall and promises a “story-driven component” to be narrated by KISS’ Gene Simmons. The latest additions include a number of bands covered on this site including Ramones, Atreyu, Bad Brains, Five Finger Death Punch, Rise Against, Strung Out, Sum 41, The Runaways and The White Stripes.

They join the previously confirmed track listing which includes tracks by Avenged Sevenfold, Buzzcocks, Dethklok, DragonForce, Foo Fighters, Jane’s Addiction, Metallica Muse, My Chemical Romance, Silversun Pickups, Slayer and The Cure.

Along with the music, the game incorporates the legendary CBGB venue as a playable stage in the game but are removing playable musicians from the game after the controversial placement of Kurt Cobain and No Doubt in the 5th iteration of the series.
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Taking Back Sunday have posted a clip from their upcoming live and acoustic album. The record is titled Live From Orensanz and is due out August 17, 2010 via Warner. The recording comes from two acoustic shows performed by the band in December 2009 at the Angel Orensanz in New York City.

Check out the clip here.
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Solid State Records‘ Oh, Sleeper guitarist Shane Blay posted an interesting article on his Facebook explaining some of the challenges faced by “Mid-Level Bands” when touring these days. The musician breaks down the various costs faced by bands including merchandise, booking agents, managers and more and shows why few bands can sustain themselves at that level or often lose money.

For the past 5 years my brothers in Oh, Sleeper and myself have sacrificed our lives, our time, relationships, birthdays, holidays, health(haha) to travel around and play shows for our fans. Not to say that isn’t been a fun ride! I would like to show you guys an average day in finances for a “mid-level” band like us. Im going to breakdown the average monetary in and outs of a day on tour. On tour bands have two ways to make money. Guaranties, and Merchandise.

Check out the article here.
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